500 SPY at ATM. 100?
Hedging
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500 SPY at ATM. 100?
How does one hedge a long call in $SPX?
Depends. Like @Doobs789 said, assuming you want to hedge deltas, which delta do you choose? Delta based on implied vol or delta based on realized? This question has been asked since options existed.
I don't know your portfolio greeks and stats/ratios, so its hard to give a detailed answer.
Your best bet is to just cut the trade and take the loss like a champ. I never understood this fascination with constantly hedging and re-positioning by rolling etc etc.. Especially with long premium. Dude just realize the loss and move on to the next.
Depends. Like @Doobs789 said, assuming you want to hedge deltas, which delta do you choose? Delta based on implied vol or delta based on realized? This question has been asked since options existed.
I don't know your portfolio greeks and stats/ratios, so its hard to give a detailed answer.
Your best bet is to just cut the trade and take the loss like a champ. I never understood this fascination with constantly hedging and re-positioning by rolling etc etc.. Especially with long premium. Dude just realize the loss and move on to the next.
I bought a 5 DTE call instead of a 10 lot of the 21 DTE I wanted to get lol. I was on right strike but the wrong date so it was like 4 delta and I just let it ride. Lucky misclick haha.
I’m always butchering orders @_@. The other day was awful, I had a partial fill on a straddle I wanted but it was accidentally one strike ITM so I’m -30D per or something. I put the next order in before I realized I was selling ITM and this time I must have clicked the edge of the call side to put it one strike even further ITM, sold the guts strangle that time. After the dust settled I had to laugh man.. I was like how did this go so wrong?
fuckkk I’ve definitely fat fingered a few orders. I ain’t gonna lie, the formality of an option chain sometimes confuses me.
I mean there’s so many different expirations especially on products like $SPX sometimes I’ll pick the wrong term unknowingly. Although this is rare it does happen.
I came to the same conclusion early on when I reviewed the results of my trades.
depends which long convexity is one buying? The embedded convexity within a call is priced in for a reason. Be careful of buying expensive convexity in hopes of multiplying your P/L.
I’m not speaking to you personally @ironchef i know you and @Magic are more well versed in optionality.
It is OK to speak to me on this directly because I agree with you. As always, the devil is in the details and in the details, luck (or you may call it chance) is a major component.
Best to you.
